Experience

DakotaMB

• United States
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Operations

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Director of Sales

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2022



Wilbur-Ellis

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovation Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Dec 2020



Bunge

• United States
• Food Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Product Development Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2018

  Product Development• Formulated, developed, installed and launched patented confidential modified starch flour• Formulated and developed customer product match and scaled up to production at 30k lbs/mo (3-month project)• Facilitate patent applications for new process/equipment/innovation testing• Developed 6 commercial products now on the market• Leverage marketing tools to develop new ideas and innovate at the front of consumer trendsTeam Management/Reporting• Complete budget tracking and management reporting for short term and long term projects• Monthly project reporting, weekly Management Business Review presentation, and travel/capital expense reporting for a team of 4 developers• Train new and existing staff within the analytical laboratory, pilot plants, and production facilitiesProject Management• Led local implementation of new Management Operating System at a production facility• Manage/support current business product line extensions, including cereal/snack, ancient grain milling, nixtamalization• Develop Test/Project Plan and Results forms for both customer pull and internal push projects• Oversee/manage project teams of up to 6 people (scientific, sales, legal, etc) remotely and in person• Product management from: Ideation, formulation, implementation, installation, commercialization, marketing/promotion• Collaborate with operations, quality assurance laboratories, marketing, logistics, sales, accounting, regulatory, procurement and customers dailyProcess Optimization• Develop Standard Operating Procedures for new production lines, new equipment, new processes, and new products• Uphold Continuous Improvement standards using statistical modeling and analytical/quantitative resultsOperations• Extensive experience working within extrusion, cereal grain production, baking, tortilla manufacturing etc• Operation of in-house and external food production/manufacturing equipment • Technical development/sales

• Research Analyst

  • May 2012 - Jun 2013

  Assist the Economic Research team in developing reliable data and trends within the grain commodities. Present data to national trading team for use in market decisions.• Arc GIS mapping of logged crop tour samples• Data Cleaning and Analysis for use in annual yield forecasting of corn and soybeans• Customer visits for equipment and product troubleshooting• Weekly company-wide risk meeting presentations• Field visits for crop analysis and grower networking

• Grain Lab Tech

  • 2011 - 2012



Kentucky Waterways Alliance

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Apr 2011 - Aug 2011



ACHIEVA

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Weekend Coordinator

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2011